Deck The Halls! Queen Silvia of Sweden Bonds With Her 8 Grandchildren

Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden bonded with her eight grandchildren to decorate the palace's Christmas Tree!

This Christmas season is very special to Queen Silvia as she turns 80 years old on December 23, 2023. It's expected that the Swedish royal family will have a gala reception to mark the occasion.

The Queens accompanied by her 8 Grandchildren 

The Queen and Princess Estelle holding Princess Adriene

Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden have eight grandchildren from their three children: Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Vastergotland, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Varmland, and Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Halsingland and Gastrikland. 

Front row from left: Princess Leonore, Prince Julian, Prince Alexander, Princess Adriene, Prince Oscar, Prince Nicolas, and Prince Gabriel. At the back: Queen Silvia and Princess Estelle

The grandchildren: 

• Princess Estelle, Duchess of Ostergotland (daughter of Crown Princess Victoria)
• Prince Oscar, Duke of Skane (son of Crown Princess Victoria)
• Prince Alexander, Duke of Sodermanland (son of Prince Carl Philip)
• Prince Gabriel, Duke of Dalarna (son of Prince Carl Philip)
• Prince Julian, Duke of Halland (son of Prince Carl Philip)
• Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland (daughter of Princess Madeleine)
• Prince Nicolas, Duke of Angermanland (son of Princess Madeleine)
• Princess Adriene, Duchess of Blekinge (daughter of Princess Madeleine)

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Princess Estelle with her cousins

The Bernadotte grandchildren help decorate the palace's Christmas Tree 

Deck the Halls! The Queen and her grandchildren decorate the Christmas Tree 

Among these eight grandchildren, only Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar have the courtesy styles of Royal Highnesses, and members of the House of Bernadotte.

Prince Oscar and Prince Alexander 

Queen Silvia with her youngest grandchild, Prince Julian, 2.

Princess Adrienne and Prince Julian

In 2019, His Majesty stripped his grandchildren from Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine with their HRH styles (the Prince and Princess titles were retained) to streamline the Swedish monarchy and to allow the children to have a freedom to choose what they want in the future. But they retained their places in the line of succession.